Oil cup or boxing.



E. A. SMITH.

OIL 0UP OR BOXING.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.25, 1910.

Patented Apr. 9,19 1 2.

Ill-I EDMAN ARTHUR SMITH,

OF PINEVILLE, KENTUCKY.

OIL CUP OR BOXING.

Application filed February 25, 1910.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 545,878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMAN A. SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pineville, in the county of Bell and State of Kentucky, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Oil Cups or Boxings, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to oil cups for truck axles used in lumber yards,the object being to provide an oil cup which is so constructed that whena truck is turned on its side, the oil will be retained therein, therebyovercoming the disadvantages now existing with oil cups of thischaracter now in use, as when the truck is turned up on its side, theoil runs out and is wasted.

Another object of the invention is to provide an oil cup which isexceedingly simple and cheap in construction and one in which the samecan be readily applied to any of the well known makes of trucks now inuse by simply boring a longitudinal opening in the ends of the axle.

A further object of the invention is to provide an oil cup which iscarried by the wheel which is locked on the axle by a hinged bail,capable of being turned down so that it will be out of the way of theoil retaining tube of the cup.

With these various objects in view, my invention consists in the novelfeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts,hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawing forming a part of this specification: Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a portion of a truck showing my improved oil cup appliedthereto. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the axle of the truckand cup. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the cup. Fig. 4 is asection.

In carrying out my improved invention, I employ a truck A, which may beof any of the well known constructions now in use, having an axle Bprovided with end bearing portions C, on which are loosely mountedwheels D held in position thereon by annular shoulders E, and hingedbails F, said bails having their ends seated in oppositely disposedrecesses Gr, formed in the ends of the axle so as to hold the wheels onthe same. This bail is capable of being swung down so as to rest againstthe outer face of the wheel in order to be out of the way of the oil cupwhen attached. Secured to the outer face of the wheel is my improved oilcup J which is provided with a flange having apertured ears J, adaptedto be secured t0 the outer face of the wheel by machine screws and saidcup is formed of a larger diameter than the journal port-ion of the axleso as to completely close the bearing whereby oil will be retainedtherein at all times. The outer face of the cup is provided with acentral opening having a tube K secured therein which extends into alongitudinal bore L formed in the end of the axle, said tube being ofsuch a size that it will turn freely within the bore without any dangerof it binding in any way. By this construction the oil within the cupwill be held therein when the truck is turned on its sides, so as tothrow the axle in a vertical position and it will be readily seen thatan annular chamber is formed around the tube, so that it isimpossiblefor the oil to run out of the cup.

While I have shown and described a tube secured in the cup, it is ofcourse understood that the tube could be formed integral with the cup,or a solid member used without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided anoil cup for trucks which will prevent the oil from being wasted, and onewhich can be readily attached to the ordinary construction of truck nowin use.

What I claim is:

The combination with an axle having a wheel thereon, the end of saidaxle being recessed, the axle being also provided with peripheralrecesses, a hail the ends of which are pivot-ally mounted in saidrecesses, said bail preventing the wheel from slipping from the axle, acylindrical oil cup secured to the outer face of the wheel andinclosing' said bail, and a filling tube carried centrally by the cupand extending in the recess in the end of the axle.

EDMAN ARTHUR SMITH. Witnesses:

B. A. FUsoN, E. H. BRAUGHTON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

Patented Apr. 9,1912.

